Skip to content
Journal Title Abbrev.
J. Elem.
ISSN – 1644-2296
DOI: 10.5601

Search article

Language
flag flag

Sulfur added to cattle slurry as a means to improve the nitrogen economy of maize during the grain filling period

Issue: 2/2024

Recevied: February 9, 2024

Accepted: May 21, 2024

Published: May 24, 2024

Authors:

K. Przygocka-Cyna, A. Zawieja-Roszak

Categories: Agricultural

DOI: 10.5601/jelem.2024.29.1.3286

Abstract:

Mineral additives to cattle slurry based on sulfur compounds improve the nitrogen (N) balance of grain maize during the grain filling period (GFP). This hypothesis was validated on the basis of a field experiment with maize conducted in three consecutive seasons (2017-2019) on soil low in available sulfur and calcium. A field experiment was conducted at Lipie (51°51'34" N, 17°5'5" E, Poland) on soil formed from sandy loam, classified as Albic Luvisols. The experiment incorporated two factors that comprised two forms of sulfur fermented with cattle slurry: elemental sulfur (S-0) and calcium sulfate dihydrate (Ca-S) applied in four doses of S: 0, 22.5, 45 and 90 kg ha-1. The dose of N applied in the cattle slurry was 133 kg ha-1. The average grain yield (GY) after slurry application (control S) was 9.6, 10.1 and 8.6 t DW ha-1 in 2017, 2018 and 2019, respectively. The increase in GY in response to S application was 0.75 t DW ha-1 (+10% compared to S control) in 2017 and 1.4 t DW ha-1 (+16%) in 2019. In the latter season, GY depended on both N sources, i.e. on its remobilization from plant resources and uptake from soil. However, the driver of GY increase in response to the applied S was post-flowering N uptake. The study showed that the application of cattle slurry enriched with sulfur is an agronomic solution to increase the productivity of N in maize, especially in years with a deep drought as in 2019. For this reason, this treatment should be treated as preventive measure.

Citation:

JELEM / HARVARD

quote-mark
Przygocka-Cyna, K. and Zawieja-Roszak, A. (2024) 'Sulfur added to cattle slurry as a means to improve the nitrogen economy of maize during the grain filling period', Journal of Elementology, 29(2), 433 - 451, available: https://doi.org/10.5601/jelem.2024.29.1.3286

MDPI

quote-mark
Przygocka-Cyna, K.; Zawieja-Roszak, A. Sulfur added to cattle slurry as a means to improve the nitrogen economy of maize during the grain filling period. J. Elem. 2024, 29, 2, 433 - 451. https://doi.org/10.5601/jelem.2024.29.1.3286

AMA

quote-mark
Przygocka-Cyna K, Zawieja-Roszak A. Sulfur added to cattle slurry as a means to improve the nitrogen economy of maize during the grain filling period. J. Elem. 2024; 29(2): 433-451. https://doi.org/10.5601/jelem.2024.29.1.3286

CHICAGO

quote-mark
Przygocka-Cyna Katarzyna, Zawieja-Roszak Agnieszka. 2024. "Sulfur added to cattle slurry as a means to improve the nitrogen economy of maize during the grain filling period" J. Elem. 29, no.2: 433 - 451. https://doi.org/10.5601/jelem.2024.29.1.3286



Keywords:

grain yield, critical growth stages, nitrogen, acuumulation, post-flowering uptake

About issue:

29.2.2024
Download article
Jelem